Perennials, rarely annuals. Leaves: lamina rigid, glaucous, frequently involute. Inflorescence a panicle. Spikelets slightly laterally flattened, awnless; lower glume small or suppressed, upper as long as spikelet, thinly membranous; lower floret male, its lemma resembling the upper glume, 5(-7)-nerved; upper lemma smaller than the lower, dorsally flattened, firmly cartilaginous, smooth and shining, white. Worldwide: 4 species occurring from the Mediterranean region to Macaronesia and Africa Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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| monachne (Trin.) Stapf & C.E. Hubb. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description |